23-Aug-2010; Mark Holt and Anthony Andrews ; 14 p.Update: Previous releases:
January 18, 2008.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: The physical security of nuclear power plants and their vulnerability to deliberate acts of
terrorism was elevated to a national security concern following the attacks of September 11,
2001. Since the attacks, Congress has repeatedly focused oversight and legislative attention on
nuclear power pl.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Energy, Legislative, Risk & Reform

5-Mar-2010; Mary Beth Nikitin, Anthony Andrews and Mark Holt; 45 p.Update: Previous releases:
July 1, 2009
September 3, 2008
March 7, 2008
January 30, 2008.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: After several decades of widespread stagnation, nuclear power is attracting renewed interest. New
license applications for 30 reactors have been announced in the United States, and another 160
are under construction or planned globally. In the United States, interest appears driven, in part,
by t.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Energy, Risk & Reform, International

16-Jul-2010; Mark Holt; 26 p.Update: Previous releases:
November 26, 2007
March 14, 2007
September 19, 2006.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the
beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that
nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have
frequently been c.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Waste Management, Energy, Risk & Reform

16-Dec-2009; Geoffrey S. Becker ; 20 p.Update: Previous Releases:
February 2, 2009
August 14, 2008
April 16, 2008
January 2, 2008.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: U.S. officials continue to assert that the U.S. food supply, including the portion
provided through imports, is among the safest in the world. One challenge has been
how to keep it safe in the face of rapidly rising imports, a result of globalization and
consumer desire for a wider variety of foo.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Economics & Trade, Risk & Reform, Agriculture

Previous releases:
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05may/RL30647.pdf
www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/04sep/RL30647.pdf www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/04Jul/RL30647.pdf www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/03Jul/RL30647.pdf www.ncseonline.org/nle/crs.... [expand] [read report]Abstract: The roadless areas of the National Forest System have received special management attention for decades. In part to recognize the importance of national forest roadless areas for many purposes and in part because making project decisions involving roadless areas on a forest-by-forest basis was resul.... [expand] [read report]Topics:Forests, Risk & Reform, Public Lands